For the last 37 years, Red has been a feature of the King Crimson setlist. It’s not hard to pin down its appeal given the grinding chords and pulverising intensity generated whenever it is performed. This latest iteration of the old warhorse finds it receiving a much more swinging groove from the frontline than on previous tours. There’s also a certain frisson emanating from those ghostly Mellotron runs manifesting just beyond all the sturm und drang.

King Crimson

Philharmonie Munich

For the last 37 years, Red has been a feature of the King Crimson setlist. It’s not hard to pin down its appeal given the grinding chords and pulverising intensity generated whenever it is performed. This latest iteration of the old warhorse finds it receiving a much more swinging groove from the frontline than on previous tours. There’s also a cer...

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Written by Chris Mills

Relentless

While there has been much to enjoy about how the post-2013 ensemble has approached this song, the initial versions had a stop-start, red light-green light quality that effectively kept them leashed. This version lets the fury run wild. There is no escape; RED will find you.